e4k story ideas

e4k now - planning, current projects

Maker Space * books * spatial - test, activities

Ideas, sources for stories - engineering dictionary, route 66, Activities, projects

• http://www.nwed.org.uk/uploads/2/6/1/1/26111168/sources_of_useful_careers_information_for_students.pdf
• CER - claim. evidence. reasoning
• thinking like an engineer - UK engineering education - systems thinking, adapting, problem-finding, creative problem-solving, visualizing, improving
• http://newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/pages/miscon/subject-index.php
• https://www.ncwit.org/resources/top-10-ways-families-can-encourage-girls-interest-computing/top-10-ways-families-can
• http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
• http://stem.wesfryer.com/home/curiosity
• http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/
• http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
• http://science.wonderhowto.com/how-to/
• How we got to now - six innovations include: glass, time, clean, light, sound, and cold.
• sports
• http://www.rhfleet.org/learn/educators-resource-guide/teacher-guide
• https://www.youtube.com/user/JeffersonLab - videos ? middleschool < test
• http://students.egfi-k12.org/ - k-12 engineering
• http://pbskids.org/designsquad/ - videos, games * site design ? middleschool < test
• http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/summer/education_resources/engineering_grades7-9/index.html
• https://student.societyforscience.org - news
• http://www.engquest.org.au/students-glossary.cfm - 2014.12 - all definitions incorporated
• http://childhood101.com/2014/08/create-an-engineering-mystery-bag-challenge-for-kids/ - pom pom launcher, marble run
• engage lessons - everyday engineering - engineering concepts > everyday examples
• https://student.societyforscience.org/article/cane-can-see
• Hands-on engineering - based on Marshmallow towers - stories with hands-on activities following engineering design process for What's the problem? (video) and DIY activity in Do it section * eng topics eng2sorted * k-2 engineering
• Spatial thinking - spatial practice - visualize and mentally manipulate objects. Dozens of interactive puzzles and games. Spatial thinking - important for engineering, visualization
• boats, planes, buildings / structures, biomedical, gizmos / gadgets, natural, transportation, exploration,
• person, place, thing. range measurement by senses

• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/virtual_field_trips_collections.htm virtual field trips - http://oops.bizland.com/vtours.htm
• http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/ - interactive activities
• http://www.ritchiewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Content#Mechanical_Features_.26_Designs
• http://www.nextvista.org/videos/
• http://gemsclub.org/engineering
• http://www.teachengineering.org/browse_lessons.php
• http://teacherstryscience.org/kids-experiments?field_experiment_category_tid=18
• Wonderopolis - lots of interesting facts, some videos, pictures
• http://www.scientificamerican.com/education/bring-science-home/ Scientific American
• https://collaboratory.airforce.com/ Air Force
• http://pbskids.org/designsquad/ Design Squad - circuits
• http://www.discovere.org/ - DiscoverE (formerly the National Engineers Week Foundation).
• http://www.inventtolearn.com/resources/ - sources used for book Invent to Learn
• http://www.sciencegems.com/engineer.html
• http://www.pinterest.com/squerne/high-tech-always-on-the-edge/
• http://hippocampus.org/HippoCampus/collection/STEMbite - great videos of science stuff
• http://www.thefullwiki.org/Outline_of_engineering
• http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/index/subject.Design_and_Technology.Engineering.htm - list of engineering pages
• http://www.opened.io/#!/shared-playlist/valerie-taylor-engineering-4-kids - OpenEd playlist

• fluid mechanics - gas law, thermal energy, viscosity, elasticity, surface tension, vapor pressure, pressure, buoyancy,

• http://www.physics4kids.com/index.html

• youtube - sixtysymbols, numberphile
• periodic table of videos, veritasium, vi hart (math), smarter everyday, vsauce
• khan academy

There are plenty of online free resources for engineering. Most are suitable for college students or teachers. However, these are good general sources of information for everyone including middle schoolers.

They are available online and they are free.

Engineering - general information

• Try Engineering - sitemap, games
• Games and simulations - too many to list here

NGSS Next Generation Science Standards - This video series covers the concepts contained within the K-12 Science Framework. It contains 8 practices, 7 crosscutting concepts, and 44 disciplinary core ideas.

• NGSS Intro video
• Practice 1 - Asking Questions and Defining Problems

Online courses, videos, textbooks - college engineering

• Online College Courses - searrchable directory
• - textbooks - free, open

TO DO

• logo - rover, kite, lego person
• blog - http://engineering4kids.org
• That's engineering - add to each story - brief explanation of how this is engineering * What's the problem - engineering design process
• systematically review resources > stories - 25 greatest engineering
• hands-on activities, games
• Outreach - "road show" - presentation
• news items > stories - diigo, pocket
• engineering course outlines > stories * electrical, electronics, mechatronics, semiconductor, fabrication, manufacturing
• collaboration, test drive, review, edit

• http://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/access/hierarchy.do?topic=4bd02ac2-2a04-427b-0456-9ce49e9debb7&page=1 Orange Grove k-12
• http://www.ritchiewiki.com
• http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Engineering
• http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Engineering_Thermodynamics
• http://www.intechopen.com/subjects/engineering - open engineering books
• http://physwiki.ucdavis.edu/Classical_Mechanics
• http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/index/subject.Design_and_Technology.Engineering.htm
• http://www.bozemanscience.com/
• http://www.ck12.org/
• http://teachthought.com/technology/43-must-have-stem-tools-from-edshelf/

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